Courts This Week- A Weekly Round Of Important Legal Developments In The Country [Episode-78]

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Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu, Judge Of Bombay High Court, Resigns

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu, judge of the Bombay High Court and former judge of Kerala and Andhra Pradesh High Courts, has tendered his resignation.He tendered his resignation on August 13(Friday) for personal reasons, he told LiveLaw.Born in 1962, Justice Naidu's entry into the legal profession was as an advocate practicing in the courts at Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh. He later shifted...

Supreme Court Wants To Know If Centre Will File Affidavit On Using Pegasus; Adjourns Hearing To Tomorrow

The Centre argued that the issue involved aspects of national security; petitioners highlighted Centre's present affidavit does not answer if it has ever used Pegasus.

Supreme Court Asks Why Centre Introduced Tribunals Reforms Bill With Provisions Struck Down By Court

The Supreme Court on Monday made critical remarks against the Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021 passed by the Parliament last week re-enacting the very same provisions struck down by the Court in Madras Bar Association case.A bench led by the Chief Justice of India asked the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta why the bill was introduced with the provisions invalidated by the Court. The bench...

Does A High Court's Order Staying A Central Law Or Rule Apply Throughout The Country?

Will an order passed by a High Court staying the operation of a central legislation or rule operate across the country? Or is the operation of such an order confined only to the territorial jurisdiction of that High Court?Many readers asked this doubt in the wake of the Bombay High Court staying the operation of the enforcement of the Digital Media Code of Ethics under the IT...

Parliament vs Judiciary : Tale Of Two Bills Nullifying Judgments

The bills in question are the Constitution (127th Amendment) Bill 2021 and the Tribunals Reforms Bill 2021.

'Sorry State Of Affairs' : CJI Ramana Says Laws Lack Clarity These Days Due To Lack Of Parliamentary Debates

The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana today expressed his unhappiness over the lack of debates in Parliament while laws are being enacted these days.The CJI said that earlier there used to be "wise and constructive" debates in the Parliament, which helped the Courts to understand the object and intent of the laws. He cited the example of the Parliamentary debate during the enactment of...

138 NI Act- High Court Can Nullify An Order Of Conviction Even After The Revisional Stage On the Basis Of Settlement Between Parties: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently held that High Court can nullify an order of conviction passed by it in a Criminal Revision in a Cheque bouncing case, by using the power under Section 482 CrPC noticing subsequent compromise of the case by the contesting parties.The Court has permitted the compounding of an offence committed under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act while hearing...

'Dissent In Democracy Is Vital' : Bombay High Court Stays Enforcement Of IT Rules 'Code Of Ethics' Against Digital Media

The Bombay High Court on Saturday stayed Rules 9(1) and 9(3) of the Information Technology (Guidelines For Intermediaries And Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules,2021, which mandate that digital news media and online publishers should adhere to the "Code of Ethics" prescribed by the Rules.The High Court prima facie observed that the said provisions infringe the fundamental right to freedom...

Panel Discussion: "Drunk On Power: A Study Of Alcohol Policing In Madhya Pradesh"-Justice Madan Lokur

The Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project is organising a Panel Discussion & Report Release on "DRUNK ON POWER: A STUDY OF ALCOHOL POLICING IN MADHYA PRADESH"The esteemed speakers for the event are:Justice Madan B Lokur (Judge, Supreme Court Of Fiji And Former Judge, Supreme Court Of India)Dayamani Barla (Journalist And Activist)Nihalsing Rathod (Advocate, Bombay High...

Unmarried Girls In India Don't Indulge In Carnal Activities Just For Fun Unless Assurance Of Marriage Is There: MP High Court

"India are a conservative society, it has not yet reached such level (advance or lower) of civilization where unmarried girls…indulge in carnal activities with boys just for the fun of it, unless the same is backed by some future promise/assurance of marriage," the Madhya Pradesh High Court (Indore Bench) observed recently. The Bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar also opined that...

Justice Nariman Advises Youngsters To Do Diverse Studies : 'More You Take Things Outside Law, More It Helps You With Law'

Retired Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Nariman advised young lawyers and students to do as much diverse studies as they can of things outside the field of law."The more diverse your experience in life, the more you have to do with subjects other than the law, the more it helps you in the law. Peculiar as it may sound. Because the law is greatly interconnected, and you realize this as...